diff --git a/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk b/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk
index 6c6017bac6..a49c180771 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_SOURCE = xorg-server-$(XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_SITE = http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/xserver
 XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_AUTORECONF = NO
 XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_LIBTOOL_PATCH = NO
-XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_USE_CONFIG_CACHE = NO # overrides CFLAGS
 XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_INSTALL_STAGING_OPT = DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) install install-data
 
@@ -137,5 +136,8 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBDMX),y)
 XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_CONF_OPT += --disable-dmx
 endif
 
+define XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(MAKE1) $(XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT) -C $(@D)
+endef
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package/x11r7,xserver_xorg-server))